Having ‘a cuppa’

Oh god! This is in my (quite lengthy!) list of irrational things that make me want to throw up!

It’s not half as bad as when I hear ‘we enjoyed a hearty meal’. That sentence really does drive the rage….

My MIL (lovely woman, no other issues apart from this!) said ‘Gan-Gan’ when talking about FIL to all her grandchildren! It used to make murderous! In fact, she never said the actual word for anything when speaking to babies and toddlers! Choc-choc, din-dins but the worst ones were Gan-Gan and Minky (milk 🤢). It’s a wonder my husband and his sister can actually communicate in English!

My son used to 🤬 if I ever used the word portion. When he was little I’d say fish portion until he blew his top once 😤 and demanded I never utter the P word again (which I actually haven’t) 😂

Hot choccy, bar of choccy.

Picky tea, bits, lunch

😡

Our cat has din-dins and brek-brek because she is an adorable, needy old furball. I wouldn't dream of using those words in any other context though 😁

Now veggies does make my skin crawl. 🤢

I agree.

Ditto brekkie, hubby, veggies.

A nice cup of tea Father? Go on, go on, go on. (Father Ted). 😆

I just asked my 17yo how he would ask me for a cup of tea.

"please can I have a cuppa, Mum?"

My work here is done.

There's a similar thread from last month called
I’m hating on the word ‘ cuppa ‘ where a poster was complaining that "A Facebook friend is really giving me the ick"

Nothing wrong with "cuppa" but "hating on" and "giving me the ick" are both very irritating.

I was just about to reply similar.

I am not a fan of most of these diminutive words but I do say din-dins to my Labrador sometimes. It isn't just a standard dinner though, din-dins is when something posh has been added. Perhaps some leftover vegetable or a piece of chicken.

Never referred to for one of our meals though.

That said, said dog also had a poo-poo or a wee-wee and some days had a snicky snack. The don't count as twee when they are for the cutest boy ever though imo.

I also hate 'meds'. Especially when the 'meds' in question are a couple of paracetamol.
I admit to using 'sarnie' and 'Sainsbo'. Maybe I'm inadvertently giving my nearest and dearest the rage in doing so!

Right up there with "crusty bread" for me. Usually along the lines of "we're having soup and crusty bread for dinner". As if there's a risk we may otherwise all judge them for having flabby white sliced with it...

Oh i was only thinking of this the other day. It's always bloody irritated me so much but can't explain why. Also when someome says do you want a brew! Gives me the rage. I have someome at work who calls it a cuppa tea. I feel like screaming "CUP OF TEA"
😆 🤣

Cuppa, Sarnie, Buttie, Brew, Hubby and Holibobs make me want to scream. I know that’s irrational but they always have - for decades before I found MN!

I don't hate it. I don't say it but it's a long established, every day term.

I can’t stand ‘cuppa tea’ where as don’t mind a cuppa

No, jammies is better than jim jams!

This is such an MN thread. Everyone hating a term that in RL is used all over the place w/o the horror.

Yes to all those but I loathe PJs, Jim jams is better.

Din dins reminds me of my nan when she used to dish up the food for their dog. He lived outside and she would stand at the back door with his bowl and bellow "din dins Laddie"! 😂

Is it a regional thing? I’m in Yorkshire and cuppa is used by most people I think, I’ll pay more attention now to see who does and who doesn’t say it!

Reckon its a northern thing. (But not a Thang 🤢 )

I hate 'cuppa and 'brekkie'. Also 'veggies'
Almost as bad is when someone writes 'tele' instead of 'telly'.
I don't mind 'jimjams' but hate 'dindins'.

Who are you talking about?
I'm guessing older people.

My DH says it. It reminds me of my late MIL who also used to say it and my SIL. It is beyond twee.

TBH it make me feel like clawing at my face and screaming every time he says it.

"Cuppa", "hubby", "holibobs", "famalam" aren't proper contractions.

Unlike "isn't" and "can't", letters are added to them as well as taken away. That is what makes them "twee" in my opinion.

I think "panad" is more acceptable because it is a straightforward contraction of "cwpanaid" (like in "'swn i'n licio panad o goffi" instead of "'Mi faswn i'n licio cwpanaid o goffi").